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Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast
Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.
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Tango: 'It's not a dance, it's an emotion'
The annual Sydney Tango Weekend brings together dancers from across the country and around the world.
They've bonded over the intimate intensity...
Trends in global population
8.3 billion and counting - that's the UN's best estimate on how many people live on the planet when it marks World Population Day this Saturday.
Erling Haarland brings Viking vibes to the Wold Cup
The Norwegian striker Erling Haarland is in the running for the Golden Boot, the trophy awarded to the World Cup's top goalscorer. But it's not just H...
Poetic justice: fairness in the World Cup
The big story at the World Cup this week came off the field rather than on it, with Donald Trump's intervention on behalf of a star US striker who'd b...
European populists making fresh bids for power
Two giant figures of Europe's populist right have announced a reset of sorts. France's Marine le Pen and the UK's Nigel Farage have both mounted fresh...
New Zealand to consider joining Australia and Fiji in defence alliance
When China launched a ballistic missile into the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, it was a rare test of a nuclear-capable weapons system that drew inter...
NATO Summit: rare outbreak of unity
NATO leaders wrapped up their summit this week with a joint declaration affirming a unified stance on several issues, including support for Ukraine to...
America at 250: America celebrates and reflects on July 4
For the finale of our America at 250 series, we look at how America is marking July 4.
We criss-cross the country, from Donald Trump's Great Ame...
A visit to the National Indigenous Art Fair
On the eve of NAIDOC Week, the National Indigenous Art Fair is up and running at the Cutaway in Sydney's Barangaroo.
Now in its 7th year, the ev...
Why are Australians abandoning Asian languages?
Australians' lack of understanding of our own region is making the country increasingly vulnerable in a volatile security environment, according to th...
Modi is coming to Australia. Who really is he?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is loved by his supporters, loathed by his critics and among the most powerful people on the planet.
Next we...
Despair in Dallas for the Socceroos
The Socceroos have lost a heartbreaking penalty shootout against Egypt in their World Cup round of 32 clash.
David Mark dissects the almost 3-ho...
The Last Thing: Sam Guthrie
Sam Guthrie is a diplomat-turned-international thriller writer.
He joins Saturday Extra for The Last Thing, where he talks through his last grea...
Why is support for multiculturalism declining?
This week's Lowy Institute poll showed the largest drop in support for cultural diversity in Australia on record.
Multiculturalism has long been...
Discovering Australia's hidden Chinese past
It's well known that Australia is a country of migrants, and plenty of historians have traced our multicultural past.
But incredibly, until now...
America at 250: The 'racial disunion' of America
Shelby Steele is one of the foremost African American intellectuals.
He's a child of the civil rights revolution, was a Black radical in the lat...
Why did Keir Starmer have to go?
This week, we saw what is fast becoming an annual rite in the UK: the changing of the prime minister outside 10 Downing Street.
Sir Keir Starmer...
USA 2-0 win over Socceroos
The USA's dominant display proved too much for the Socceroos in Seattle with Australia going down 2-0.
Australia still has a chance to progress...
How should the media treat Pauline Hanson?
Thirty years after she was elected to Federal Parliament, this week Pauline Hanson made her first address to the National Press Club.
When she f...
America at 250: The Native American perspective
As our America at 250 series continues, we examine an important strand of their national story that often gets overlooked and even erased.
The h...
Will 'the King of the North' become the next UK PM?
This week, Andy Burnham has moved one step closer to replacing the UK's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
In a hotly contested by-election, the m...
Who is the real winner from the US-Iran deal?
After intense diplomatic talks at the G7 in Paris this week, Donald Trump surprised many by signing a memorandum of understanding with Iran.
"Ir...
America at 250: Ken Burns on the 'violent birth' of the US
Ken Burns is one of the great chroniclers of US history.
Over a nearly 50-year career, the filmmaker has produced long-form works about America'...
Hosting the enemy: America's FIFA World Cup
FIFA President Gianni Infantino this week strenuously defended America hosting the World Cup, in partnership with Canada and Mexico.
Even befor...
How to deal with misinformation in a 'post-truth world'
Misinformation is everywhere.
And among the most harmful types is scientific misinformation, with all kinds of severe real-world consequences.
Can Donald Trump end the war in Iran?
Is the end of the Iran war in sight?
The Iranian foreign ministry, President Donald Trump and Pakistani mediators all say a deal is close to bei...
Adelaide fundraiser vows to claw back world record for most Marilyn Monroe lookalikes
To celebrate what would have been Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday last week, over a thousand die-hard fans donned platinum blonde wigs, red lippy and...
America at 250: how royalists became revolutionaries
As part of our series marking 250 years since American independence, we feature British historian Adam Smith.
In 1775, war broke out between the...
Is theatre and cinema etiquette getting worse?
Last weekend on a London stage, acclaimed actress Rosamund Pike did something very unexpected.
Pike, who is starring in Inter Alia by Australian...
Former Washington Post editor Marty Baron on journalism under Trump 2.0
It's no secret that legacy media is facing a crisis.
Traditional media outlets like newspapers, television and radio stations have had their bus...
Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire?
Elon Musk's SpaceX is planning for what could be its biggest launch yet.
Next week, the rocket, space, and AI company is set to make its initial...
Pacific diplomacy under the microscope
This week, there were signs that Australia-Solomon Islands relations are on the mend, when the new leader of the Solomons Matthew Wale stood alongside...
The Last Thing: Victoria Falconer
Victoria Falconer is the co-artistic director of Hayes Theatre in Sydney's Kings Cross, a tiny venue known for almost entirely putting on musicals.
How Charlottesville became the frontline of an American history war
In August 2017, during the early months of the first Trump presidency, hundreds of white supremacists and neo-Nazis descended on the small Virginian c...
Canberra: love it or hate it?
Last week, an unlikely stoush broke out on X after one user maligned the design of Australia's Parliament House.
Criticism of Canberra (and its...
Can Australia be a leader in sustainable data centres?
This week OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman declared Australia could be a world leader in AI data centres.
While Pope Leo XIV laid out a sweeping vis...
Amid heavy losses, Russia looks to next stage of Ukraine war
On Friday, a Russian drone hit an apartment building in Romania, a NATO member state.
And earlier in the week, Russia pummelled Kyiv with drones...
Is it 'deal or no deal' for Iran and the US?
Hours after President Donald Trump concluded a Situation Room meeting with his national security team on Iran, the White House has not indicated wheth...
Is mahjong having a moment?
Mahjong is being revived by a younger generation who want to reconnect over the game they grew up watching their families play.
And they've take...
Tasmania's budget: a fiscal precipice?
This week in Tasmania, the minority Liberal government has delivered a budget to cut the state's debt and deficit.
Tasmanian budgets don't usual...